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Conchita Wurst discusses a united Europe - video

Video (10min 58sec), 16 Oct 2014:
The winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest speaks at the Observer Ideas festival 2014 and sings Rise Like a Phoenix
Lynsey de Paul ‘stood out like a cut-glass decanter among milk bottles’

2 Oct 2014: Author Bob Stanley pays tribute to singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul, who has died from a suspected brain haemorrhage
Lynsey de Paul obituary

2 Oct 2014: Singer, composer and the first female musician to win an Ivor Novello award
Lynsey de Paul, singer-songwriter and Ivor Novello winner, dies aged 64

2 Oct 2014: Famous for her Top 5 hit Sugar Me, the first female winner of an Ivor Novello award dies following suspected brain haemorrhage
Conchita Wurst: 'Most artists are sensitive and insecure people. I am too'

6 Jul 2014:
Since winning Eurovision, Conchita Wurst has become a global star. She talks to Kathryn Bromwich about homophobia and why every woman should have a drag friend
How much do you know about the post-Soviet world – quiz

Quiz, 9 Jun 2014:
How have post-Soviet states fared at Eurovision? And how far does the temperature dip in the coldest town on earth? Test your knowledge on the New East
A Eurovision party

17 May 2014:
Get-togethers: A pan-continental spread of light bites (and serious cake) for a Eurovision watching party
Russian MP sings in protest against Austria's Conchita Wurst winning Eurovision – video

Video (1min 24sec), 14 May 2014:
A Russian politician breaks into song during a parliamentary session to protest against Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst
Eurovision song contest a winner for BBC with almost 9m viewers

12 May 2014: Competition draws biggest audience since 2011, second highest for more than a decade, with 41.9% viewer share. By John Plunkett
Eurovision 2014: Russell Brand and Nigella Lawson back the beard

12 May 2014: Media Monkey: Comedian and TV chef tweet pictures in support of Austrian winner Conchita Wurst
Media Talk podcast: What will a Viacom-owned Channel 5 look like?

Audio (36min 07sec), 12 May 2014:
John Plunkett and guests discuss the options open to the UK broadcaster's new US owners. Plus former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw MP on the likely successors to Lord Patten at the BBC Trust
SBS reached for stars with record Eurovision audience of 2.7m

12 May 2014: Jessica Mauboy and social media played big role in viewers tuning in
Image is not important on The Voice, but it still gorges on our prejudices

12 May 2014: Jazz Twemlow looks at the week in Australian TV, where karaoke voyeurism meets the famous failing at the world's easiest Whac-A-Mole
Conchita Wurst pledges to promote tolerance after jubilant welcome home

11 May 2014: Austria's first Eurovision song contest winner since 1966 vows to continue fight against discrimination
What can Eurovision teach us about Europe?

11 May 2014:
Christina Patterson: For many British people the song contest is a version of Europe, a place to waste money on frivolous things. Someone needs to make the case for the EU